Clasp.



No. 736,935. PATENTED AUG. 25, 1903.

F. M. CHANDLER.

CLASP.

V APPLIUATIOK FILED arm. 26, 1902.

N0 110mm.

UNITED STATES.

Patented August 25, 1903.

PATENT OFF CE.

FRANK M. CHANDLER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE AUTO- LOOK CLASP C0,, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 736,935, dated August 25, 1903.

Application filed September 26,1902. Serial No. 124,924. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK M. CHANDLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Buifalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Clasp, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in clasps, such as have a loop for permanent attachment thereto of a piece of webbing and extending from the loop and integral therewith a V-clasp for temporarily holding an end of another piece of webbing; and the object of my invention is to aiford a cheap and convenient clasp for holding an end of a piece of webbing. I attain this object by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure 1 is a face or plan view of the clasp;

Fig. 2, a similar View showing webbing attached to both loop and clasp.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in both views.

My improved clasp comprises clasp proper, A and attaching-loop B. The device is composed of a single length of wire. The clasp and loop are united by a bend in the wire at 7a. The longitudinal axes of the clasp and loop are fixed at an acute angle, one to the other, and the several members a, a, a, and b are disposed in the same plane. Loop B is formed by bending the end a inwardly and terminating near member a. Olasp A is formed by bending the end I) of the wire outwardly and backwardly into close proximity to member a from Z to '5, providing bite c, and

thence bent outwardly to the extreme end, providing wedge-opening 0.

In making use of my improved clasp-a-s, for instance, on the front of a horse-blanket 0 h h, as represented in Fig. 2loop B being fastened to tab d tab 6 is placed in entrance 0 and drawn down into the bite c, where it is held fast on a line axial with web d.

I am aware that clasps having both a loop and a V-clasp somewhat similar to mine have been made. I therefore do not broadly claim such combination; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein described clasp, comprising clasp proper A and loop 13, the device composed of a single length of wire, the loop and clasp united by a bend of the wire at 70, the longitudinal axes of the clasp and loop fixed 5 ,5 at an acute angle, one to the other, their several members a, a, a, 12 disposed in the same plane, loop B formed by bending the end a inwardly, terminating near member a; and clasp A formed by bending the end I) of the wire outwardly back into close proximity to member a from Z to 1', providing bite c, thence bent outwardly, providing wedge-opening 0, all as herein described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK MIC-HANDLER.

Vitnesses BENJ. FREEDLANDER, EMILY WAMBACH. 

